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[Tapas Ray]

Thank you. I understand.

Tapas


2008/11/15 Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net>:
> Dear Tapas,
>
> I agree with you on all the things that you say. I am just arguing for a
> degree of restraint on our part so that it sets an example about how the
> tone of a measured and thought out response to fascism might be honed by its
> adversaries. I am well aware of the signs of fascism 'creeping'. And as you
> say what we are seeing is only the tip of a far bigger iceberg. Let's remain
> patient, intelligent and vigilant.
>
> regards
>
> Shuddha
>
> On 14-Nov-08, at 9:56 PM, Tapas Ray wrote:
>
> Shuddha,
>
> Sorry for the confusion. I used the word creep as in "project creep",
>
> etc. I was not calling anyone a "creep". I was talking about the
>
> advance of fascism, which had been slow and steady for some time and
>
> seems to be gathering momentum now, especially in light of the army
>
> officer's involvement - which may be the tip of an iceberg. Hence
>
> "thrust".
>
> I appreciate your concern for bringing back a semblance of normalcy
>
> here, but I have a couple of things to say. I agree that other
>
> political formations in India also have authoritarian tendencies,
>